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Julio Matarrita always liked numbers, but he started to like them even more when he saw that they could empower him to help people solve problems. He decided he wanted to be an economist.
Julio is now pursuing a Master’s Degree in Applied Economics and Project Management at the University of Connecticut (USA) with the support of the International Scholarships Program of the Costa Rica- USA Foundation for Cooperation (CRUSA).
He was born in 1991 in Ciudad Neily, Corredores de Puntarenas, in [...]

Mauricio Calderon, International Baccalaureate (IB) teacher at the Liceo de San Carlos and the Liceo de Palmares, has been part of the IB program for many years. Graduated from the Liceo de Palmares in 2009, he is part of the first IB generation of public schools students in Costa Rica.
After two years of hard work and considering himself part of this amazing project, Mauricio successfully managed to obtain his diploma, which fueled his desire to carry on with his [...]